Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File B. L. Wt. 2008-100, Prince Ewer, Mass.

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Mass.
★ Ewer Prince
B.L. 7/2 2008-100.
CONTENTS

Certificate of Membership by the Hair of Prince Ewer Oct.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Norfolk ss
At a Court of Probate held at Dedham in said County on the fourth day of February A.D. one thousand eight hundred & thirty four Present the Hon. Sherman Leland Judge
I Jonathan H. Cobb, Register of said Court, hereby certify, that it is proved by satisfactory evidence, that Prince Ewen, formerly of Barnstable in the County of Barnstable & Commonwealth aforesaid, died about forty years since, & left neither widow nor issue, & that Abigail Ewen is the sister of the said Prince Ewen, & that Charles Ewen, Rebecca Ewen, & Char- lotte Ewen, are the children of Silas Ewen, a decea- sed brother, & that William Taylor, James Taylor, & Thomas Taylor, are the children of Susan Tay- lor, a deceased sister, & that the said Abigail Ewen, Charles Ewen, Rebecca Ewen, Charlotte Ewen, William Taylor, & Thomas Taylor, & James Taylor are all living, & are the only heirs at law of the said Prince Ewen, & also that the said Prince Ewen was a soldier of the Massachusetts line in the Revolutionary Army
In testimony whereof, I have here- unto set my hand, & affixed the seal of said Court the day & year first aforesaid
Jonathan H. Cobb Reg. of Probate
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts Norfolk —
I Sherman Colsen, Judge of the Court of Probate for said County, hereby certify, that Jonathan H. Cobb is Register of said Court, & the foregoing attestation, by him made, is in due form
In testimony whereof, I have here- unto set my hand, & caused the seal of said Court to be affixed, this fourth day of February in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & thirty four
I Colsen

Prince Ewer N. 2008.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Barnstable County
ss. I Joseph Fuller, of Sandwich in said County, a Revolutionary Soldier, and drawing a pension as such, under the act of Congress of the 18 th of March, 1818 — Being duly sworn, depose and say that previous to the commencement of the Revolutionary War, I was well acquainted with a young man by the name of Prince Ewer, who was brought up in the family of M c Joseph Hinckley, of the Town and County of Barnstable, and Commonwealth aforesaid. said Joseph Hinckley was an Uncle of this Deponent. — That after the commencement of the Revolutionary War, the said Prince and myself Enlisted as Soldiers in the American Army, and served to the close of the War, having Enlisted for "During The War" — we each of us received honorable Discharges at the termination thereof, including the double badge of Merit. — I distinctly remember of returning home to this County in company with said Prince, on a furlough; town-wards the close of the War, and again returned in company, to the Camp, at New Windsor, in the State of New York, where we continued in the service, until discharged, as aforesaid.
The aforesaid Prince Ewer was a Corporal, and served in one of the Regiments, of the Massachusetts line, stationed on the left of the one to which I belonged, but of the No. of said Regiment, or the name of the Colonel commanding the same, I have forgotten — I was discharged from Captain Thomas Hunt's Company, of the 3 d Regiment, Col. James Mellon: — I further testify that I was formerly acquainted with the Father of said Prince, his name was Silas Ewer, and was for many years previous to his death, a Lunatic, and departed this life, as near as I can recollect, previous to the commencement of the Revolutionary War — That the aforesaid Prince, soon after the termination of the War, commenced

a Seafaring life and in company with his brother Silas Ewer, sailed from the port of Boston, in this state, for several years; this however, I know only by common report. It was further reported and believed that the aforesaid Prince Ewer, died at sea, or in foreign parts, and left neither widow, or issue — That with the other kindred, and connections of said Prince, I have no distinct recollection, having never been personally acquainted with any of them. Joseph Hildreth
Barnstable J. Sandwich Oct. 7. 1834 Then personally appeared the above named Joseph Hildreth and made Oath that the within deposition by him subscribed is just & true — before the subscriber, &c. I also certify that I have been for a number of years acquainted with Joseph Hildreth and consider his testimony entitled to full credit & belief
Joseph Hildreth Partis of the Peace Notary Public

Deposition of Joseph Fuller

Heirs of Prince Ewer. Decd.
N o . Feb 10. 1834

DEPARTMENT OF WAR.
State of Massachusetts } ss. Suffolk County. }
I, Charles Ewer a Nephew and heir at law to Prince Ewer deceased, do upon oath testify and declare, that to the best of my knowledge and belief, Prince Ewer aforesaid, about, or in the year 1777 entered, or enlisted into the service of the United States, for the term of "During the War:" and that he continued in the service aforesaid, until the close of the same, when he received an honorable discharge at the termination thereof, from the Sixth Regiment of the Massachusetts line commanded by Colonel Tupper and when he was a Corporal .
I further testify that my Uncle Prince Ewer departed this life, soon after the termination of the Revolutionary War , and prior to the year 1800: and left neither widow, or issue
I further declare, that I have never received a warrant for the Bounty Land promised to Prince Ewer aforesaid, on the part of the United States, nor do I believe he ever received it, or transferred his claim to it in any manner whatsoever:
All Men By these Presents, that I Charles Ewer aforesaid, do hereby constitute and appoint Reuben Baldwin of Green Ville in the State of New York my true and lawful attorney, for me and in my name to demand and receive from the Secretary of War of the United States, a Warrant for the quantity of Bounty Land due me and the other heirs at law of Prince Ewer aforesaid. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal, this 14 day of January in the year 1834.
Signed, Sealed, and Delivered, in presence of D L Child
Charles Ewer
Suffolk County, ss.
Be it known that on this fourteenth day of January in the year 1834 Before the subscriber, one of the Justices of the Peace in and for said County, personally appeared Charles Ewer subscriber to the above declaration, who made solemn oath to the truth of the same: and likewise acknowledged the power of attorney thereunto subjoined, to be his free act and deed; dated at Boston in said County the day and year above mentioned.
David Lee Child
Justice of the Peace.
State of Massachusetts } ss. Suffolk County. }
Court
I, Thomas D Phillips Clerk of the Municipal Court of the city of Boston , do hereby certify, that David Lee Child Esq. before whom the foregoing declaration was sworn, and the subjoined power of attorney purports to have been acknowledged, is and was at the date thereof, one of the Justices of the Peace, in and for the County of Suffolk duly commissioned sworn and qualified by law to take affidavits, &c. and further that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of said Justice, and verily believe the signature purporting to be his is genuine. In witness whereof I have hereunto affixed the seal of the said Court and subscribed my name at Boston this 5 th day of February in the year 1834.
Thomas D Phillips Clerk